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France Threatens 'Unprecedented' Iran Sanctions

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Inti Landauro

Updated Nov. 9, 2011 12:46 p.m. ET

PARIS—France is ready to impose "unprecedented sanctions" if Iran refuses to respond to requests from the international community over its nuclear program, Foreign Minister Alain Juppé said Wednesday, after a report by the United Nations' nuclear agency said Tehran has developed technologies needed to produce atomic weapons.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, in its first public airing of such charges, said that Iran appears to have conducted advanced research on a miniaturized warhead that could be...

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